Fayolle Jean

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Fayolle Jean
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Born (1956-07-17) July 17, 1956 (age 68)
OccupationActor
Years active1970s–present
Children Fayolle Jean Jr.

Fayolle Jean (born July 17, 1953) is a Haitian Canadian actor from Montreal, Quebec, best known for his starring role in the television series Lakay Nou. [1]

Originally from Les Cayes, Haiti, he had a career as an actor and radio broadcaster in Haiti before emigrating to Canada in 1979, where he was a founder of the Théâtre Libre d'Haïti au Québec theatre company. [2]

He has been most prominently a stage actor, although he has also had film and television roles beginning with a small bit part in How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) in 1989. His most noted roles have included Victor in A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali), [3] Joseph Louboutin in the third season of Durham County , writer Joseph in Of Ink and Blood (D'encre et de sang), [4] and an alternate reality version of Denzel Washington in There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier). [5]

His son, Fayolle Jean Jr., is also an actor. [6] The two have acted together in the films Scratch [7] and Première vague . [8]

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